The five steps of the PPDAC statistical investigation cycle.

Download a print quality PDF version of the cycle if you would like to print one or more copies yourself:
Are You a Data Detective? (9MB)
Te Tūhuratanga Tauanga He Toa Tūhura Koe? (9MB)

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PPDAC cycle as presented in Wild and Pfannkuch (1999). Illustrations by Antonina Moala.
Layout by Antonina Moala and Stephen Cope. Translation to Māori by Learning Media Te Pou Taki Kōrero for Ministry of Education.

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